Why God insists Regular Daily Prayers.
As Muslims if we happen to miss one of our Daily Prayers, we don’t get off the hook that easily, we first have to make up for it by completing that very same prayer with…
As Muslims if we happen to miss one of our Daily Prayers, we don’t get off the hook that easily, we first have to make up for it by completing that very same prayer with…
God is the ‘I’ of the Universe. Ali mentioned this statement to me after hearing it in a seminar and is one of the more profound statements I’ve heard on God. God is the “I”…
Quran: Chapter 57 (The Iron): Verse 23 So that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant at what He has given you; and Allah does not love any arrogant boaster….
Ever since Vodafone has taken over Hutch for $19.3 Billion (only), they’ve been plastering the country with TV Commercials, Hoardings and even Bumper Stickers. I for one am going to miss Hutch. Not too much…
If we wish we could relive Ramadhan every month of the year. Afterall why has God asked us to fast in Ramadhan? [Quran: Chapter 2, Verse 183] O you who believe! fasting is prescribed for…
Afterall what is it that God wants, (Sheik Arif asks)? Does He want us to bow down and prostrate even more? Offer more prayers? Go to even more pilgrimages? Well if that’s what He wanted…
Rule 1: Always do the right thing. Not the easy thing, not the cost-effective thing, not the popular thing, but the Right thing. Though it be difficult, expensive and extremely unpopular. Rule 2: Always give…
It’s not people that we’re attracted to or repelled from. But it’s their thoughts, opinions and beliefs that either win us over or revolt us. What matters to us is what a person thinks and…
They say that one doesn’t really plan to go for Hajj, but one is called to it by the Almighty. I certainly hope that’s true, because if so, myself, Arifa (my wife) and Ali (my…
Considering that it was iPod’s 5th b’day earlier this week, I thought this would be a good time to review a few podcasts that I keep download and listen to farily regularly. The first podcast…